Effect of Afghan war on people of Uzbek border

Описание: (1 Nov 2001)

Outside Dustleek, Termez Region
1. Wide shot, bridge leading to Afghanistan in background
2. Closer shot same, man digging
3. Watchtower
4. Wide shot village
5. Man on horse in cotton field
6. Man driving goats
7. Woman with child

Dustleek Village, Termez Region
8. Woman loading fire on to bread oven
9. Close shot fire
10. Woman by fire
11. Various shots family making bread
12. Wide shot outside of house
13. Children running around
14. Two shots railway 100 metres from Gaafar's house, with Afghanistan on other side of fence
15. Fence
16. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Gaafar, Dustleek Resident:
"We are not worried (about the situation across the border) from morning until evening as we are at work. Then in the evening when we come back home we go to sleep and then in the morning we are back at work. At this point in time we are not scared. Probably our President is protecting us and he will continue to protect us. We have great trust in Karimov."

Near Dustleek, Termez Region
17. Various shots people dancing and eating at wedding
18. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mukhamad, Wedding Guest
"They will solve the problem themselves but it is a problem for the whole world and we are afraid, too."
19. Two more shots of wedding celebrations

STORYLINE:

With western governments and aid agencies focusing on the humanitarian situation inside Afghanistan, the problems of people living over the border in countries like Uzbekistan are forgotten.

For the impoverished people near the border town of Termez, the war is just one more problem to worry about.

They are already struggling to survive.

Most people live self sufficiently - baking their own bread and raising cattle.

They don't know what is going on over border in Afghanistan, just a few hundred metres away.

The border is closed, and has been fortified since the U-S airstrikes began.

The people of Termez do not have time to worry about the war there - people have too much to think about finding enough to eat.

However, they say that like people the world over, they cannot ignore it.

In the back of their minds is what will happen if Uzbekistan answers the calls from the international community to open its border and let Afghan refugees into the country.

Uzbekistan could not support a flood refugees, who would make life much worse for people in places such as Termez.

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